Dark Desire (TV series)

*Dark Desire*
Dark Desire
	Season 1 promotional poster
Spanish	Oscuro deseo
Genre	Thriller drama; Erotic thriller;
Created by	Leticia López Margalli
Written by	Nayura Aragón; Gennys Pérez; Leticia López Margalli;
Directed by	Pedro P. Ybarra; Kenya Márquez;
Starring	Maite Perroni; Erik Hayser; Alejandro Speitzer; María Fernanda Yepes; Regina Pavón; Jorge Poza; Catherine Siachoque; Arturo Barba; Ariana Saavedra;
Composer	Giovanni Rotondo
Country of origin	Mexico
Original language	Spanish
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	33
Production
Executive producer	Patricia Benítez Laucin
Producers	Verónica Velasco; Epigmenio Ibarra; Natasha Ybarra-Klor;
Cinematography	Juan Pablo Ojeda; Jerónimo Rodríguez;
Editors	Luis Zerón Rugerio; Kevin López Yáñez;
Running time	30–39 minutes
Production company	Argos Comunicación
Original release
Network	Netflix
Release	15 July 2020 –; 2 February 2022

Dark Desire (Spanish: Oscuro deseo)^[3] is a Mexican thriller drama television series produced by Argos Comunicación for Netflix. The series stars Maite Perroni, Erik Hayser, Alejandro Speitzer, María Fernanda Yepes, Regina Pavón and Jorge Poza,^[4] The start of production was confirmed on 6 May 2019,^[5] and it premiered on 15 July 2020.^[6]

On 19 August 2020, the series was renewed for a second and final season, which premiered on 2 February 2022.^[7]^[8] It was also announced that season 1 of Dark Desire was the most watched non-English title on Netflix, amassing 35 million viewers in 28 days or 213.79 million hours.^[9]^[10]

Synopsis

Alma (Maite Perroni) is a law school professor. She is married to Leonardo (Jorge Poza), a judge who has kept much from her. They are parents of Zoe (Regina Pavón). In this context, Darío (Alejandro Speitzer) and Esteban (Erik Hayser), a police officer, also come into play.^[1]

Cast and characters

Main

Maite Perroni as Alma Quintana Solares, a former lawyer and college professor who begins the affair with Darío behind her family's back.
Erik Hayser as Esteban Solares, a former police officer and Leonardo's brother, Zoe's uncle and Alma's ex-brother-in-law
Alejandro Speitzer as Darío Guerra, a college student and mechanic who attends Alma's class and starts to fall in love with her
María Fernanda Yepes as Brenda Castillo (season 1), Alma's best friend who has recently gone through a divorce. She committed suicide by cutting her wrists, opening a case in which Darío, Leonardo and Esteban were suspects in Brenda's apparent murder due to their connection to her
Regina Pavón as Zoe Solares, Alma and Leonardo's rebellious daughter and Esteban's niece who is struggling with her sexuality
Jorge Poza as Leonardo Solares, a highly respected former judge and Alma's ex-husband, Esteban's brother and Zoe's father
Catherine Siachoque as Lys Antoine (season 2), Darío's aunt and foster mother who had a sexual relationship with him
Arturo Barba^[a] as Íñigo Lazcano (season 2), a lawyer and Julieta's father
Ariana Saavedra^[b] as Julieta Lazcano (season 2), Darío's fiancée who turns up dead the day before their wedding

Recurring

Paulina Matos as Edith Ballesteros (season 1), Leonardo's assistant whom Alma initially thought to be her husband's mistress
Leticia Huijara as Lucinda (season 1), Darío's mother
Claudia Pineda as Patricia García (season 1), one of the detectives in charge of Brenda's case
Esteban Soberanes as Vallejo (season 1), another of the detectives in charge of Brenda's case
Samantha Orozco as Rosalba (season 1)
Fabián Merlo as El Chalán (season 1)
Tony Valdes as Jacinto (season 1)
Eligio Meléndez as El Padrino (season 1)
Carmen Baqué as Nancy (season 1)
Daniel Damuzi as Carmona (season 1)
Magali Boysselle as Mónica, a therapist who helps Alma overcome her obsession with Darío. In season 2, she organizes a group of women who had been through similar situations.
María de Villa as Karina, Zoe's best friend and later girlfriend
Mahoalli Nassourou as Eugenia Montaño (season 2), the detective in charge of Julieta's case

Episodes

Season	Episodes	Originally aired
Season	Episodes	First aired	Last aired
1	18	July 15, 2020 (2020-07-15)
2	15	February 22, 2022 (2022-02-22)

Season 1 (2020)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
1	1	"It's Just Sex" (Spanish: Es solo sexo)	Pedro P. Ybarra & Kenya Márquez	Nayura Aragón, Gennys Pérez & Leticia López Margalli	15 July 2020 (2020-07-15)
2	2	"One Last Night of Passion" (Spanish: Una última noche de pasión)	Pedro P. Ybarra & Kenya Márquez	Nayura Aragón, Gennys Pérez & Leticia López Margalli	15 July 2020 (2020-07-15)
3	3	"What Common People Call Love" (Spanish: Eso que los normales llaman amor)	Pedro P. Ybarra & Kenya Márquez	Nayura Aragón, Gennys Pérez & Leticia López Margalli	15 July 2020 (2020-07-15)
4	4	"Love, That Word" (Spanish: El amor, esa palabra)	Pedro P. Ybarra & Kenya Márquez	Nayura Aragón, Gennys Pérez & Leticia López Margalli	15 July 2020 (2020-07-15)
5	5	"What Do You Know About Darío Guerra?" (Spanish: ¿Qué sabes acerca de Darío Guerra?)	Pedro P. Ybarra & Kenya Márquez	Nayura Aragón, Gennys Pérez & Leticia López Margalli	15 July 2020 (2020-07-15)
6	6	"Are You Missing the Good Old Times?" (Spanish: ¿Extrañas los viejos tiempos?)	Pedro P. Ybarra & Kenya Márquez	Nayura Aragón, Gennys Pérez & Leticia López Margalli	15 July 2020 (2020-07-15)
7	7	"You Messed with the Wrong Woman" (Spanish: Te metiste con la mujer equivocada)	Pedro P. Ybarra & Kenya Márquez	Nayura Aragón, Gennys Pérez & Leticia López Margalli	15 July 2020 (2020-07-15)
8	8	"The Tell-Tale Heart" (Spanish: El corazón delator)	Pedro P. Ybarra & Kenya Márquez	Nayura Aragón, Gennys Pérez & Leticia López Margalli	15 July 2020 (2020-07-15)
9	9	"A Wicked Game of Mirrors" (Spanish: Un perverso juego de espejos)	Pedro P. Ybarra & Kenya Márquez	Nayura Aragón, Gennys Pérez & Leticia López Margalli	15 July 2020 (2020-07-15)
10	10	"The Beauty of a Sudden Death" (Spanish: La belleza de una muerte repentina...)	Pedro P. Ybarra & Kenya Márquez	Nayura Aragón, Gennys Pérez & Leticia López Margalli	15 July 2020 (2020-07-15)
11	11	"Nothing Is What It Seems" (Spanish: Nada es lo que ello parece)	Pedro P. Ybarra & Kenya Márquez	Nayura Aragón, Gennys Pérez & Leticia López Margalli	15 July 2020 (2020-07-15)
12	12	"We've Messed Up So Much" (Spanish: Nos hemos equivocado tanto)	Pedro P. Ybarra & Kenya Márquez	Nayura Aragón, Gennys Pérez & Leticia López Margalli	15 July 2020 (2020-07-15)
13	13	"You Were Only an Innocent Victim" (Spanish: Tú solo fuiste una inocente víctima)	Pedro P. Ybarra & Kenya Márquez	Nayura Aragón, Gennys Pérez & Leticia López Margalli	15 July 2020 (2020-07-15)
14	14	"Two Truths and One Lie" (Spanish: Dos verdades y una mentira)	Pedro P. Ybarra & Kenya Márquez	Nayura Aragón, Gennys Pérez & Leticia López Margalli	15 July 2020 (2020-07-15)
15	15	"We Never Talked About Love" (Spanish: Nunca hablamos sobre el amor)	Pedro P. Ybarra & Kenya Márquez	Nayura Aragón, Gennys Pérez & Leticia López Margalli	15 July 2020 (2020-07-15)
16	16	"Revelation 21:8... Fire Is Set Upon His Anger" (Spanish: Apocalipsis 21:8... El fuego es encendido en su ira)	Pedro P. Ybarra & Kenya Márquez	Nayura Aragón, Gennys Pérez & Leticia López Margalli	15 July 2020 (2020-07-15)
17	17	"We Kill What We Love" (Spanish: Matamos lo que amamos)	Pedro P. Ybarra & Kenya Márquez	Nayura Aragón, Gennys Pérez & Leticia López Margalli	15 July 2020 (2020-07-15)
18	18	"The Answer Was Always There" (Spanish: La respuesta siempre estuvo ahí...)	Pedro P. Ybarra & Kenya Márquez	Nayura Aragón, Gennys Pérez & Leticia López Margalli	15 July 2020 (2020-07-15)

Season 2 (2022)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date
19	1	"Eros and Psyche" (Spanish: Eros y Psique)	Pedro P. Ybarra & Kenya Márquez	Nayura Aragón, Gennys Pérez & Leticia López Margalli	2 February 2022 (2022-02-02)
20	2	"You Can Never Escape Something Like This" (Spanish: De algo así no se escapa nunca)	Pedro P. Ybarra & Kenya Márquez	Nayura Aragón, Gennys Pérez & Leticia López Margalli	2 February 2022 (2022-02-02)
21	3	"No One Can Run From Themselves" (Spanish: Nadie puede huir de sí mismo)	Pedro P. Ybarra & Kenya Márquez	Nayura Aragón, Gennys Pérez & Leticia López Margalli	2 February 2022 (2022-02-02)
22	4	"The Other" (Spanish: El otro)	Pedro P. Ybarra & Kenya Márquez	Nayura Aragón, Gennys Pérez & Leticia López Margalli	2 February 2022 (2022-02-02)
23	5	"Walking on Hot Coals" (Spanish: Caminar sobre las brasas)	Pedro P. Ybarra & Kenya Márquez	Nayura Aragón, Gennys Pérez & Leticia López Margalli	2 February 2022 (2022-02-02)
24	6	"You Were Always My Mirror" (Spanish: Siempre fuiste mi espejo)	Pedro P. Ybarra & Kenya Márquez	Nayura Aragón, Gennys Pérez & Leticia López Margalli	2 February 2022 (2022-02-02)
25	7	"A Dangerous Cocktail" (Spanish: Un coctel peligroso)	Pedro P. Ybarra & Kenya Márquez	Nayura Aragón, Gennys Pérez & Leticia López Margalli	2 February 2022 (2022-02-02)
26	8	"Don't Believe a Thing You Hear" (Spanish: No creas nada de lo que escuches)	Pedro P. Ybarra & Kenya Márquez	Nayura Aragón, Gennys Pérez & Leticia López Margalli	2 February 2022 (2022-02-02)
27	9	"You've Become Your Own Worst Enemy" (Spanish: Te has convertido en tu peor enemiga)	Pedro P. Ybarra & Kenya Márquez	Nayura Aragón, Gennys Pérez & Leticia López Margalli	2 February 2022 (2022-02-02)
28	10	"Everyone Reads Their Own Story" (Spanish: Cada quien lee su propia historia)	Pedro P. Ybarra & Kenya Márquez	Nayura Aragón, Gennys Pérez & Leticia López Margalli	2 February 2022 (2022-02-02)
29	11	"Who the #%& Are You Really?" (Spanish: ¿Quién #%& eres en verdad?*)	Pedro P. Ybarra & Kenya Márquez	Nayura Aragón, Gennys Pérez & Leticia López Margalli	2 February 2022 (2022-02-02)
30	12	"The Twins" (Spanish: Los mellizos)	Pedro P. Ybarra & Kenya Márquez	Nayura Aragón, Gennys Pérez & Leticia López Margalli	2 February 2022 (2022-02-02)
31	13	"A Perfect and Unbearable Triangle" (Spanish: Un perfecto triángulo insoportable)	Pedro P. Ybarra & Kenya Márquez	Nayura Aragón, Gennys Pérez & Leticia López Margalli	2 February 2022 (2022-02-02)
32	14	"It Was Always You" (Spanish: Siempre fuiste tú)	Pedro P. Ybarra & Kenya Márquez	Nayura Aragón, Gennys Pérez & Leticia López Margalli	2 February 2022 (2022-02-02)
33	15	"Facing the Darkness..." (Spanish: Enfrentar la oscuridad...)	Pedro P. Ybarra & Kenya Márquez	Nayura Aragón, Gennys Pérez & Leticia López Margalli	2 February 2022 (2022-02-02)

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated	Result	Ref.
2020	GQ Men of the Year Awards	Mexican Actress of the Year	Maite Perroni	Won	^[11]

Notes

^ Arturo Barba is credited as a series regular from 2x02 onwards.
^ Ariana Saavedra is credited as a series regular in the episodes which she appears in.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Cerdán, Aline (7 May 2019). "'Todo por ti', la nueva propuesta de Netflix con elenco de telenovela". Yahoo! (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 December 2019.
^ Garrido, Isaac (3 July 2020). "Maite Perroni revela los secretos de "Oscuro Deseo", el nuevo thriller erótico de Netflix". GQ México (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 April 2021.
^ Jiménez, Gonzalo (25 February 2020). "Netflix revela sus nuevas películas y series hechas en México". CNET (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 26 February 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
^ Fernandez, Patry (6 May 2019). "'Todo por ti', la serie de Netflix que conquistará al mundo en 2020". Veo, escucho y os cuento (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 10 July 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
^ "Lista Maite Perroni para protagonizar serie "Todo por tí! de Netflix". Posta (in Spanish). 13 May 2019. Archived from the original on 20 July 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
^ Valdez, Armando (16 June 2020). "Netflix estrenará su Oscuro Deseo". Quadratin Jalisco (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 June 2020.
^ Ortega, Joselyne (19 August 2020). "'Oscuro Deseo' tendrá una segunda temporada y esto es lo que sabemos (hasta el momento)". Glamour Mexico (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 August 2020.
^ Cespo, Juanita (27 December 2021). "Oscuro Deseo: Actores revelan la fecha de estreno de la segunda temporada" (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 December 2021.
^ "'Dark Desire' Season 2: Netflix Renewal Status & What to Expect". What's on Netflix. 27 August 2020.
^ Moore, Kasey (2023-02-09). "Most Watched Series & Movies on Netflix (Hours Watched)". What's on Netflix. Retrieved 2023-02-10.
^ Maite Perroni brilló (literalmente) con estos pantalones de transparencias

External links

Dark Desire on Netflix
Dark Desire at IMDb

[11] Arturo Barba is credited as a series regular from 2x02 onwards.

[12] Ariana Saavedra is credited as a series regular in the episodes which she appears in.

[info-1] Cerdán, Aline (7 May 2019). "'Todo por ti', la nueva propuesta de Netflix con elenco de telenovela". Yahoo! (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 December 2019.

[2] Garrido, Isaac (3 July 2020). "Maite Perroni revela los secretos de "Oscuro Deseo", el nuevo thriller erótico de Netflix". GQ México (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 April 2021.

[3] Jiménez, Gonzalo (25 February 2020). "Netflix revela sus nuevas películas y series hechas en México". CNET (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 26 February 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2020.

[premiere-4] Fernandez, Patry (6 May 2019). "'Todo por ti', la serie de Netflix que conquistará al mundo en 2020". Veo, escucho y os cuento (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 10 July 2019. Retrieved 2 December 2019.

[5] "Lista Maite Perroni para protagonizar serie "Todo por tí! de Netflix". Posta (in Spanish). 13 May 2019. Archived from the original on 20 July 2020. Retrieved 2 December 2019.

[6] Valdez, Armando (16 June 2020). "Netflix estrenará su Oscuro Deseo". Quadratin Jalisco (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 June 2020.

[7] Ortega, Joselyne (19 August 2020). "'Oscuro Deseo' tendrá una segunda temporada y esto es lo que sabemos (hasta el momento)". Glamour Mexico (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 August 2020.

[8] Cespo, Juanita (27 December 2021). "Oscuro Deseo: Actores revelan la fecha de estreno de la segunda temporada" (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 December 2021.

[9] "'Dark Desire' Season 2: Netflix Renewal Status & What to Expect". What's on Netflix. 27 August 2020.

[10] Moore, Kasey (2023-02-09). "Most Watched Series & Movies on Netflix (Hours Watched)". What's on Netflix. Retrieved 2023-02-10.

[13] Maite Perroni brilló (literalmente) con estos pantalones de transparencias

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